We all watch the news and see reports on Facebook of the latest crimes that happen in our hometowns. But it can be hard to tell at a big picture level how dangerous our town actually is.

No one wants to feel unsafe, and statistically speaking, odds are that where you live is most likely relatively safe. In order to help the good people of Alabama — and anyone looking to move to Alabama — know just how close they are to danger, we took data from the annual FBI report and did some serious analysis.

The data shows that these ten cities are currently the most dangerous in the Heart of Dixie for 2019:

Bessemer is by far the most dangerous place in Alabama. In fact, there aren’t too many other cities that are more dangerous, per capita.

The violent crime rate is six times higher than the national average. In 2017, the last year that data was available, there were 787 violent crimes in Bessemer. Meaning residents had a 1 in 33 chance of being raped, attacked or murdered. Simply unbelievable.

The property crime rates are even higher here. Residents had a staggering 1 in 10.2 chance of being robbed last year. That means if you live here, someone in your family likely had their car or home broken into, or was the victim of some other theft.

That’s a lot of stolen laptops, cell phones and ‘Bama jerseys.

Bessemer is a short drive south of Birmingham. What’s interesting about this report is that many of the other Birmingham suburbs are some of the safest in the state of Alabama. And it appears that most of the crimes in Bessemer are happening within a very small contained area. A real head scratcher.

Fairfield saw four murders two years ago. No wonder the population here has dropped 8% over the last 10 years. Most of the trouble is apparently happening on the city’s north end, past Aaron Aronov Drive near the Walmart.

Residents in Fairfield had a 1 in 60 chance of being attacked, murdered or raped. As one local summed up Fairfield on City-Data.com: “Fairfield itself isn’t someplace you’d want to live, and neither are the areas immediately surrounding Fairfield.”

Fairfield, the hometown of Willie Mays, is on I-20 south of Birmingham.

There were 3 murders in Gadsden last year’s, and things aren’t looking much better this year. In fact, crime has been skyrocketing here since 2010. Residents have a 1 in 13.5 chance of being robbed in Gadsden.

Cadillac Williams, a former first round NFL pick, is from Gadsden. If he drove through his old home town today, would be have his cadillac stolen?

Gadsden is right off of I-59 north of Birmingham. If you go there, avoid the areas in the central part of town. The north end appears to be a lot safer.

There were a staggering 754 violent crimes here in 2017. To put things into perspective, in Bessemer, there were 754. Additionally, residents had a 1 in 16.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime.

Lanett is one of the smallest cities to top this list. Despite the fact that this tiny city saw a murder three years ago, the property crimes are sky high. Residents have a 1 in 13.5 chance of being robbed in Lanett. Wow.

The population here has dropped nearly 1,500 people in the last 15 years, which isn’t surprising considering how dangerous it is. If you have to make Lanett your home, stay away from the city’s east side, where things are by far the worst.

According to the FBI, Prichard is statistically, the 9th most dangerous city in the state of Alabama when it comes to property crimes. Prichard saw 9 murders in 2017. Plus, overall, residents had a 1 in 54 chance of being killed, brutally attacked or raped. That’s simply astounding.

Plus, detectives in Prichard just opened up their 11th homicide case of the year two weeks ago when a passerby shot and killed a man who was walking on a city road.